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Bug 28383 - 'get cookie' is idempotent and should be implemented as a GET not a POST
Summary: 'get cookie' is idempotent and should be implemented as a GET not a POST
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Browser Test/Tools WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebDriver (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Browser Testing and Tools WG
QA Contact: Browser Testing and Tools WG
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Depends on: 20860
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Reported: 2015-03-31 15:32 UTC by Simon Stewart
Modified: 2015-04-01 09:19 UTC (History)
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Description Simon Stewart 2015-03-31 15:32:18 UTC 
In https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/webdriver-spec.html#getcookie "getCookie" is defined as a POST. This is done so that the name can be passed through. However, since this doesn't change the state of the browser or the session, this would be better modeled as a GET with the name parameter added to the URL. The suggested template would be:

/session/{sessionId}/cookie/{name}